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Today, we are crushing on Obi Ozor the Co-Founder of Kobo360
Obi was born in a farming village called Abor in Enugu State and experienced serious health challenges as a child.
Obi was admitted into Sacred Heart Seminary Nsude, for his secondary education. This was however interrupted when he was diagnosed with second stage kidney failure. His battle against this disease lasted four years. After surviving the protracted illness, Obi relocated to the United States where he completed his high school education.
Obi Ozor is a Nigerian entrepreneur and the co-founder of Kobo360, a technology-driven logistics platform that connects businesses and individuals to reliable, efficient, and affordable logistics services across Africa.
Obi’s journey into Kobo360 is somewhat linked with Uber. While at Uber, he played a prominent role in its expansion drive across Africa and with all that he learned from the ride-hailing company, he decided to venture into delivery logistics services and left Uber to do so in 2016.
Kobo360 is a digital platform that uses data and technology to connect truck drivers and cargo owners. The platform provides real-time tracking of shipments, transparent pricing, and on-demand delivery services.
Ozor’s interest in logistics began while he was working at a logistics firm in Lagos. He noticed the challenges that businesses and individuals faced in transporting goods across the country, including high costs, delays, and inefficiencies.
Since its launch in 2016, Kobo360 has continued to serve SMEs and eCommerce platforms, leveraging existing infrastructure in providing cost-effective logistics solutions for these Nigerian businesses. This has been made possible through partnerships with key logistics players in the country such as Chisco Transport Group, DHL, UPS, Air France, KLM, SA Airlines, and a network of drivers all over Nigeria and Ghana.
Kobo360 has also served closet to 442 so businesses, aggregated a fleet of 5882 trucks and moved 53.9 million kilograms of cargo since 2017.
Ozor is a role model for young African entrepreneurs who want to use technology to solve real-world problems. He has demonstrated that with passion, dedication, and hard work, it is possible to build a successful business that can have a positive impact on society.
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